Stockton Institute for Lifelong Learning
SCOSA's Stockton Institute for Lifelong Learning (SILL) brings the best of Stockton's faculty to the community via short-courses (generally four 1-hour sessions) related to their teaching, scholarship, service, and interests. Space is limited, tuition is reasonable (free to Atlantic County residents who are 60 and older), and we hope to continually expand this programming that let you learn from and interact with Stockton’s accomplished faculty. For further information please contact Gina.Maguire@stockton.edu or Assistant Director Christine.Ferri@stockton.edu or call 609-652-4311 and leave a message.
Current SILL Programs:
March, April & May 2024 SILL Courses:
Click Here to View Stockton's February/March SILL Press Release
March:
SILL: Contemporary American Short Story Register HERE
Fridays 3/8, 15, 22, & 29/2024 2-3pm
Stockton University Room F-226, Professor Kristin Jacobson
Explore the diverse world of contemporary American short fiction by reading and discussing
two short stories per week. PDFs of the stories will be provided to participants.
Authors will include Lauren Groff, Ling Ma, Etaf Rum, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Nana Kwame
Adjei-Brenyah, Morgan Talty, Ben Marcus, and Colson Whitehead.
Kristin Jacobson is a professor of American literature, American studies, and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies. She is the author of two literary criticism books.
SILL: Mediums & Mediumship: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Register HERE
Fridays 3/1, 8, (skip 15), 22, & 29/2024
3:30-4:30pm
Stockton University Room F-121, Professor Jennifer Lyke
This course covers mediums, people who purportedly receive messages from spirits,
and the practice of mediumship from historical, sociocultural, scientific, and psychological
perspectives. We will consider examples in popular culture, such as the Long Island
Medium, and evaluate evidence for and against the hypothesis that mediums communicate
with disembodied spirits.
Jennifer Lyke, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist who has taught at Stockton for over twenty years. Her research interests focus on altered states of consciousness.
SILL: Women in the Holocaust: Rescuers and Resisters Register HERE
Tuesdays 3/5, 12, 19, & 26/2024 12-1pm
Stockton at Hammonton 30 Front Street, Adjunct Professor Patty Chappine
This course will analyze the experiences of women as rescuers and members of resistance
movements during the Holocaust. We will discuss the roles of women as partisans, couriers,
rescue workers, and more. We will also learn about individual women like Marion Pritchard,
Irena Sendler, and others who were instrumental in rescue efforts.
Patty Chappine, P.h.D. is an adjunct professor at Stockton University and teaches in Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Historical Studies. Her book, New Jersey Women during World War II : On the Home Front and Abroad is out now.
SILL: Quilts: Storytellers of the United States Register HERE
Tuesdays 3/19, 26 & 4/2, & 9/2024 1:30-2:30pm
Online via Zoom, Professor Cynthia Arrieu-King
Through the practices of material culture, we will learn how to "read" the testimony
of quilts from the United States. Four major periods will be discussed: civil war
era, Gee's Bend and depression era, AIDS quilts, and the quilts of the disappeared.
The effects of quilts and the cotton industry and machine quilting on daily life will
also be examined.
April:
SILL: Sylvia Plath & Intimate Partner Violence Register HEREThis course explores the historical claims that Plath's husband, the late poet Ted Hughes, was abusive during their marriage, and the literary public's tendency to dismiss those claims. Using contemporary feminist theory, we will attempt to understand-- why don't we take Sylvia Plath at her word?
Emily Van Duyne is an Associate Professor of Writing at Stockton University. Her book Loving Sylvia Plath: A Reclamation debuts on July 9, 2024, with W.W. Norton & Co.
Come explore the variety of water features we have on Stockton's Galloway campus. This class will visit a different place every week, including Lake Fred, the Cedar Swamp, the big vernal pond, and Lake Pam. Ability to walk moderate distances on uneven ground required.
Emma Witt, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences whose research focuses on Pinelands water quantity and quality.
This course will explore the chemical principles behind the creation and analysis of art. Students will work in a laboratory to produce several artwork pieces and investigate four main topics: properties of light, paints and pigments, dyes and fibers, and modern materials.
Sarah Gray, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Stockton. When not researching chemical oceanography, her hobbies include painting and fiber arts.
The Conversation Project helps people share their wishes about care through the end of life. This course will review the starter kit and their guide to choosing and to being a health care proxy. Discussions will focus on how to best share what matters most to you with your loved ones.
Christine Ferri, Ph.D, is Assistant Director of SCOSA and an Associate Professor of Psychology at Stockton. She's a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in aging and mental health.
May:
SILL: Health, Healing, & Spirituality Register HERE Wednesdays 5/15 & 6/5/2024 In Person AND 5/22 & 29 Online via Zoom 10-11 am Professor Guia Calicdan-Apostle
Spirituality has a profound and compelling role in healing the mind and body. Those experiencing life’s challenges develop attributes that increase acceptance, reduce negative emotions, form meaningful relationships, and find life’s purpose. This session will explore ways to assess challenges of self in hopes of reconstructing a better understanding of health and healing as they intersect with spirituality. Some techniques will be introduced to benefit or enhance health (e.g. meditation, reflective journaling).
Guia Calicdan-Apostle is an associate professor of Social Work. She teaches primarily
in the Master of Social Work program at Stockton University. She completed her doctorate in Social Work (Clinical Social Work) at the School of Social Policy and
Practice, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Calicdan-Apostle is currently a coordinator
of the Victimology and Victim Services minor.
Save the Date for additional May 2024 courses; more information is forthcoming.
May:
Lisa Cox Finding Happiness the Blue Zone Way Zoom
Jacques Press Critical Thinking Across Life Zoom
Stockton is an Equal Opportunity Institution